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28. März 2024 · Bennie Moten (born November 13, 1894, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.—died April 2, 1935, Kansas City) was an American pianist, one of the earliest known organizers of bands in the Midwest in the emergent years of jazz. Moten became a bandleader in and around his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1922 and remained so until his death.
31. Okt. 2023 · When Moten hired Ben Webster and Eddie Barefield in 1932, the modernization of the band was complete. In addition to performing around the country, the Bennie Moten Orchestra made nearly one hundred recordings for the Okey and Victor labels, including "South," "Prince of Wails," and the classic "Moten's Swing," their best- known tune.
On September 23, 1923, the Bennie Moten Orchestra made its first recording consisting of eight songs. By strict musical standards, the songs themselves were unrefined and not much removed from existing blues music. But the Bennie Moten Orchestra would soon build upon its earliest recordings to develop a distinct Kansas City style of jazz that later dominated the jazz scene in the late 1930s ...
16. Nov. 2010 · The bandleader Bennie Moten was an important cultivator of jazz in Kansas City. The core of his ensemble eventually became the Count Basie Orchestra, and his big band's style came to represent his ...
Moten's Swing - Bennie Moten and his Orchestra;Buster and Bennie Moten;Count Basie;"Lips" Page;Walter Page;Eddie Durham: Notes. The recording on the other side of this disc: Toby. Addeddate 2018-01-19 20:15:26 Boxid IA1485305 IA1622324 IA1608917 Ccnum as ...
In the late 1920s, Bennie Moten 's Kansas City Orchestra was the most successful Jazz band of the Midwest. The band toured all over the country and had a top selling recording in 1927 for Victor named "South". In 1929, the young Count Basie of The Blue Devils joined the band, and several other members of that band soon followed.
Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. [3] He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchestras active in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing style that would come to define many of the 1930s big bands.
